Fence-post.



PATENTED SEPT. 4, 1906.

M. A, SMITH.

.1. HQGE POST.

A'PI-MGATION FILED FEILZL 1906.

h f 0 B I a v ENCE FGST.

Sueciilcaticn of Lettsrs Patent.

Patent-ed SepL. 4, 1906.

Application filed fl i -ry 21,1906. Se N 302,259.

. peculiar and advantageous posc ln-rreinnli'cr dcscribcd, and particularly pointed out in the claims appended.

In the accompanying drawings, iorinioq part of this speciih .lion, Figure: l :1 pc speclivc view illustrating i no -cl post as carryin a. portion of Woven-wire l'encc inalierial am. a crown-runner cl barbed Wire other suitable material. :2 is n longilu dinal or vertical section ol tho post, i iilieil. in a plane at righsangles to jhe stretch cl WOVeIl-WlI'C- fence material. l a hori- I.) zonijs scction taken through (no post in a plane slightly above the loivernios'c stoplc. l is a detail vertical scciion illustrating the nrrnneniont of tho uppor staples in the body of the post. Fig. 5 a detail view of tho ietallic core removed.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding pans in all of tlic vicivs of tho drawings.

A is the body of any novel loncc-post, which is formed of cement or other plastic inol'ciisi and may be rectangular in cross-secl;ion, as shown, or of on y other suitable shape.

B is the inctnllic core, which extends tlnoughoub the major portion of tin length of the body, Fig. 2. The said metallic core is yi'olcrsbly composcd of three (more or loss) wires (4 and comprises a shank Z), lornu-d by twist ng the Wires, and lower and uppor arms a, cxtcnding 'l'rom' the ends of th E shank. When posiivioncd in the body A, {15 illuslruled the said core a whole will loud strength to the body, while. the arms c will lie ihc lower and upper portions of the body to the. core and in that way prevent disintegration of tho plastic material.

C C are horizontal staples arranged at one side of the body A and stintervcls in the height bhcrcof. Tho said slu'ples respcclively comprise 11 loop or bighlv d and lens 4%, diverging; from the inncr cnds of tho loop. The said staples C, l'kc tho nictnllic core ll, arc secured in the body A at the tiincoi manufacture, and by reason of tho logs c dii'crgii as stated, it- Will bc apparent that the material of the body A will effectually prevent withdrawal or displacement of the staples.

l) D are vertical staples, having loops (1 extending upwardly from the upper end of the body A and also having diverging legs e sccured in the material of the body. These vertical staples l) in common with the horizontal sl cplos C are designed to receive the 6 fastening-Wire E. (Best shown. in Fig. 1.) The said stoning-wire E is extended through tin 'cinl staples C and D and is connected {it its lowcr end to the lowermost of the sl;n'

ples D, and cite-r being passed through the 0 v lien staples 1) has its end portion bent downwardly dust the side of the body A opposite lno ilmt carrying, the staples D and in that way secured in position, indicated byfin Fig. 2.

n. stretch-oi Woven-wire fence material, and G is a. cri'nvnn'unncr, nrcicrnbly composed of barbed wire, ."Ls illustrated. The stretch of woven-wire lence material is arranged against-the side of the body A; hearing the staples C, in such manner that its interstices reeoivc the said staples and is interposed between the said side ol the body and the fastoning-wire E. FY0111 ibis it follows that the.

several stuplcs C will support the stretch F and prcvent vertical movement thereofiwhile the Wire will securely hold the stretchand tho ordinary rough usage to which fence' It will also be gathered loo posts are subjected, that the stretch of lcncc material F and the crown-runner G are strongly connected to the body A through the medium of the fastening- Wirc E and the staples C and D, and hence the fence structure as a whole is a. strong and 10 5 durable one. I

, I ll ave specifically described the construction and rclot-ivc arrangement of the arts, on'ibrnced in the present sud preferre cm:

bodimont of my invention in order to npsllrli no a dclinilc understanding of the said embodimom. .l do not ill-soc, however, to be no.

The crown-rumier G extends laco derstood as confining myself to the said spe cific construction and relative arrangement of parts, as such changes or modifications may be made in practice as fairly fall Within 5 the scope of my invention as claimed. I-Iaving described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. A fence-post comprising a body of plas- 1o tic material, and a core embedded in the body {the said-core having a shank located in the longitudinal center of the body and formed by a plurality of twisted Wires and also having arms 0 extending outward in opposite directions at the upper end and the 4- owererid bf the shank, each of which arms 0 is formed by one of the said Wires.

2. -A fence-post comprising a body of plastic material, a plurality of staples secured in one side of the body at intervals in the-height thereof, a plurality of staples secured in the upper end of the body, and a fastening-Wire .passed through the several staples, and se cured at one end to the lowermost of the first- 2 5 mentioned series of staples and suitably sei cured at its upper end.

3. A fence-post comprising a body of plasticmaterial, a lurality of staples secured in one side of the ody at intervals in the height thereof, a pluralit of staples secured in the 'upper end of the ody, and a fastening-Wire passed through the several staples, and secured at one end to the lowermost of the firstmentioned series of staples and having its opposite end bent down against the side of the post remote from that bearing the first-meritioned series of staples.

4. In a fence, the combination with a post comprising a body of plastic material, a plurality of staples secured in one side of the body at intervals in the height thereof, a plurality of staples secured in the upper end of the body, and a fastening-Wire passed through the several staples and secured at one end to the lowermost of the first-mentioned series of staples and suitably secured at its upper end; of a stretch of woven-Wire fence material arranged against the said side of the post so that .1 is interstices receive the first-mentioned serie of staples and it is held against the'postbody by the vertical portion MARTIN A. SMITH.

Witnesses 2 J. H. Gonna, M. C. SHANKLIN. 

